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Hi!
Wait...don't leave...
Yes you...the lurker and the veterans!
You with that blue shirt on..Yes you...brown hair, coffee in your hand...
places you should be besides here...
I need a Christmas miracle and it all counts on you. Well not all, but a huge majority. Okay...not huge but pretty big and if you don't reply guilt will follow you, your children and your children's, hamster's children.
If you don't reply there is a good chance that some severe ramifications will hit you like the plagues of the ages. Yes, that's what I said. PLAGUES. Remember Plagues? Grasshoppers, locousts, bratty children, non-potty trained puppies and the worst....Tiggers gone awry!
Here is our real story - 3rd edition due to too much sadness and then too long winded!
Me and DH - Chad have been married 16+ years since we were 19 & 21. He is older! We had 2 kids in college - DS1 - Treyner is 16 and DD Carsyn is 13. We were so broke that I never thought we could afford the real Kraft Mac N Cheese, let alone a trip to Mickey in style. We graduated with a road trip to MK and Epcot under our belts and had DS 2 - Baylor 11 in 1996. Bought a house a few months later plus membership to the DVC! Life was O'Tay!
I have to get serious for real...no I am not kidding...for real...get the kleenex ready cause here comes the sappy part.
I had many kidney infections throughout the pregnancies and was told not to worry. March 1996, I was not pregnant and was hospitalized for an infection and then Dr's began to worry. It turned out I had a congenitive kidney defect and so much damage was done by having the 3 children, I was not in good shape. From 1996-1998 I was in the hospital almost 11 months total. After surgery in 1998 it has been less often but at least 2 times a year for a 4-8 day stretch.
See I told you it was serious. I tried to worn you but you had to think that I am just all sunshine and lollipops....
Back to Little Women,
The sad truth is that I missed out on so much of the important things and this includes 2 of Treyner's B-days. One he went on with and had a great bowling party. The other he stayed with me in my room and shared a bed w/ all the IV's and I. He said that there was nowhere he wanted to be but with me. I cried and cried and held him all night as the nurses came in w/ flashlights so not to wake him as they checked on me. That is what brings me to this trip.
So to FF and catch you up on any details that may help you help me...Life is okay..better but not great. I was just in the hospital in Nov/Dec again several times and each is such a setback financially. We rented our DVC points for extra $ - Treyner needed it for a Missions trip and Carsyn for a school government weekend. I was sure that Disney would allude us this year. But not so!
Thanks to the Dis Boards and all of the great tipsters, I was able to get 40% off the Poly in Dec.
This means a small down payment and a long time to save to make it happen.
DH is more of a, "I need the $ in my hand before I can believe it," person, so he is not optomistic. He does not feel the magic right now...he is feelin the stack of bills. He needs to have faith and those bills will be okay. I have lived through the Great Depression. Well actually just a depression of "this sucks" but that was pretty big, some may even call it great.
The kids do not know anything about this.
I sell Tupperware and with that flexible income I will just do a little more. Who doesn't need a bowl?
All 3 of my kids have been so supportive and this is a gift to them all. Seeing their faces as I headed out by ambulance on Dec 30th was the inspiration for this trip.
Side note -
Actually they all are in therapy with Dr. Phil because they found me in the bathroom, on the ground, slightly naked. No that is not where I sleep! I fainted from dehydration and knocked myself out on the vanity as I was preparing to get in the shower. Just what any 3 teenagers should witness. Blood, moaning and their mother in her Birthday suit! They tried to dress me without moving me - I was detailed in bright red Mickey Pajama pants and an orange Tommy Hifllfiger t-shirt after the final runway. Okay ya gotta laugh. Seriously, I felt like death, bleeding from several places on my face and looked like MiMi from Drew Carey. What was even better was that the 3 paramedics (AKA Huey Duey and Louie) could not get an I.V. ran if the Miss USA title was on the line. and neither could Nurse Wratchet at the hospital. I ended up with 10 I.V. attempts before one succeeded and my arms looked like the color of an eggplant. ! Plus Dr. McDreamy happened to be the E.R. physician and I know the only thing holding him back from asking me to leave my family and run away to the Bahama's with him was my HR Puff -N- Stuff ensemble.
End Side note -
So anywho, I need to restore their magic, their hope for a better future and the ability to just be kids without adult problems. To laugh and smile is going to be my gift to them and it will happen! You just feel a connection with everyone at Disney and more connected to yourself too. The truth is I need this as much as they do.
Treyner's 17th B-day is on Dec 14th and we have ressies the 15th - 22nd. I may move it up a day to arrive on his B-day. I literally could not have asked for anything more because doing so would change who he is. He always is the first to say he does not need something if he is worried about our finances and he will just flip out. He is the Holiday fiend at our home. The lights man and chop down your own tree or it's not Christmas kind of guy. He will love the decorations and lights so much.
So here is where I need your help.
#1 Do we stay at Poly the whole time or split with AKL?
#2 I want a list of your 1st choices for Restaurants!
#3 What have you done extra at the park that was worth the money and what was not so worth the money?
#4 Ideas of how to get a family to the airport without anyone catching on. I have a few but you are the best!
I love to joke but please know that this trip to me is no joke. I am as serious as a snorkeler with no teeth. (which was my Father in law in 2002 when my MIL decided he did not need a pair of choppers as much as she needed a new wardrobe for a cruise.)
More to come...I hope you enjoy this journey as much as I will!
Wait...don't leave...
Yes you...the lurker and the veterans!
You with that blue shirt on..Yes you...brown hair, coffee in your hand...
places you should be besides here...I need a Christmas miracle and it all counts on you. Well not all, but a huge majority. Okay...not huge but pretty big and if you don't reply guilt will follow you, your children and your children's, hamster's children.
If you don't reply there is a good chance that some severe ramifications will hit you like the plagues of the ages. Yes, that's what I said. PLAGUES. Remember Plagues? Grasshoppers, locousts, bratty children, non-potty trained puppies and the worst....Tiggers gone awry!
Here is our real story - 3rd edition due to too much sadness and then too long winded!
Me and DH - Chad have been married 16+ years since we were 19 & 21. He is older! We had 2 kids in college - DS1 - Treyner is 16 and DD Carsyn is 13. We were so broke that I never thought we could afford the real Kraft Mac N Cheese, let alone a trip to Mickey in style. We graduated with a road trip to MK and Epcot under our belts and had DS 2 - Baylor 11 in 1996. Bought a house a few months later plus membership to the DVC! Life was O'Tay!
I have to get serious for real...no I am not kidding...for real...get the kleenex ready cause here comes the sappy part.
I had many kidney infections throughout the pregnancies and was told not to worry. March 1996, I was not pregnant and was hospitalized for an infection and then Dr's began to worry. It turned out I had a congenitive kidney defect and so much damage was done by having the 3 children, I was not in good shape. From 1996-1998 I was in the hospital almost 11 months total. After surgery in 1998 it has been less often but at least 2 times a year for a 4-8 day stretch.
See I told you it was serious. I tried to worn you but you had to think that I am just all sunshine and lollipops....
Back to Little Women,
The sad truth is that I missed out on so much of the important things and this includes 2 of Treyner's B-days. One he went on with and had a great bowling party. The other he stayed with me in my room and shared a bed w/ all the IV's and I. He said that there was nowhere he wanted to be but with me. I cried and cried and held him all night as the nurses came in w/ flashlights so not to wake him as they checked on me. That is what brings me to this trip.
So to FF and catch you up on any details that may help you help me...Life is okay..better but not great. I was just in the hospital in Nov/Dec again several times and each is such a setback financially. We rented our DVC points for extra $ - Treyner needed it for a Missions trip and Carsyn for a school government weekend. I was sure that Disney would allude us this year. But not so!
Thanks to the Dis Boards and all of the great tipsters, I was able to get 40% off the Poly in Dec.
This means a small down payment and a long time to save to make it happen. DH is more of a, "I need the $ in my hand before I can believe it," person, so he is not optomistic. He does not feel the magic right now...he is feelin the stack of bills. He needs to have faith and those bills will be okay. I have lived through the Great Depression. Well actually just a depression of "this sucks" but that was pretty big, some may even call it great.
The kids do not know anything about this.
I sell Tupperware and with that flexible income I will just do a little more. Who doesn't need a bowl?
All 3 of my kids have been so supportive and this is a gift to them all. Seeing their faces as I headed out by ambulance on Dec 30th was the inspiration for this trip.
Side note -
Actually they all are in therapy with Dr. Phil because they found me in the bathroom, on the ground, slightly naked. No that is not where I sleep! I fainted from dehydration and knocked myself out on the vanity as I was preparing to get in the shower. Just what any 3 teenagers should witness. Blood, moaning and their mother in her Birthday suit! They tried to dress me without moving me - I was detailed in bright red Mickey Pajama pants and an orange Tommy Hifllfiger t-shirt after the final runway. Okay ya gotta laugh. Seriously, I felt like death, bleeding from several places on my face and looked like MiMi from Drew Carey. What was even better was that the 3 paramedics (AKA Huey Duey and Louie) could not get an I.V. ran if the Miss USA title was on the line. and neither could Nurse Wratchet at the hospital. I ended up with 10 I.V. attempts before one succeeded and my arms looked like the color of an eggplant. ! Plus Dr. McDreamy happened to be the E.R. physician and I know the only thing holding him back from asking me to leave my family and run away to the Bahama's with him was my HR Puff -N- Stuff ensemble.
End Side note -
So anywho, I need to restore their magic, their hope for a better future and the ability to just be kids without adult problems. To laugh and smile is going to be my gift to them and it will happen! You just feel a connection with everyone at Disney and more connected to yourself too. The truth is I need this as much as they do.
Treyner's 17th B-day is on Dec 14th and we have ressies the 15th - 22nd. I may move it up a day to arrive on his B-day. I literally could not have asked for anything more because doing so would change who he is. He always is the first to say he does not need something if he is worried about our finances and he will just flip out. He is the Holiday fiend at our home. The lights man and chop down your own tree or it's not Christmas kind of guy. He will love the decorations and lights so much.
So here is where I need your help.
#1 Do we stay at Poly the whole time or split with AKL?
#2 I want a list of your 1st choices for Restaurants!
#3 What have you done extra at the park that was worth the money and what was not so worth the money?
#4 Ideas of how to get a family to the airport without anyone catching on. I have a few but you are the best!
I love to joke but please know that this trip to me is no joke. I am as serious as a snorkeler with no teeth. (which was my Father in law in 2002 when my MIL decided he did not need a pair of choppers as much as she needed a new wardrobe for a cruise.)
More to come...I hope you enjoy this journey as much as I will!
)
side note - we were just 23 and 21 after all! Please forgive us - End side note
I had many kidney infections throughout the pregnancies and was told not to worry. March 1996, I was not pregnant and was hospitalized for an infection and then Dr's began to worry. It turned out I had a congenitive kidney defect and so much damage was done by having the 3 children, I was not in good shape. From 1996-1998 I was in the hospital almost 11 months total. After surgery in 1998 it has been less often but at least 2-3 times a year for a 4-8 day stretch. 
This will happen. I sell Tupperware and with that flexible income I will just do a little more.
I've read trip reports where people moved and the room wasn't ready or was not to their liking and they wasted half the day trying to get it straightened out. We never really spend a lot of time in the room and the thought of packing up our whole family and moving half way through the week just does not appeal to me. Just my opinion.
and there is some howling that sounds vaguely like a cat may have been injured in the process....
I think it may be phenominal to utilize her computer skills and love of never having one up on the boys. We could be a team united! 
